More investments poured into Central Highlands

A section of Ho Chi Minh Road through the Central Highlands (Photo: VNA)

Dak
Lak (VNA) – More than 62.1 trillion VND (2.73 billion USD) will be
poured into the Central Highlands from 2016 -2020, including over 55.67
trillion VND (2.45 billion USD) from the State budget, up 1.43 percent from the
previous five-year period, according to the Steering Committee for the Central
Highlands region.

The
region’s budget capital exceeded 27.2 trillion VND (1.2 billion USD),
accounting for 49.4 percent of the total State investment. In the 2011-2015
period, the local budget capital only accounted for 32.5 percent of the total.

The
investment will be spent on completing regional transport projects,
particularly seven national highways linking south central coastal provinces
and Central Highlands provinces.

The
Central Highlands will also prioritise the capital to agricultural
restructuring in tandem with the development of irrigation works, climate
change response, and policies on farming land and water for poor ethnic
minority people in the region.